Estate of Campagna v. Pleasant Point Properties, LLC, 464 N.J. Super. 153 (App. Div. 2020). This opinion is a magnum opus by Judge Sabatino. But he well summarized the ruling in the three short paragraphs that began the opinion: “This ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in five new cases. They include a consumer class action, a parole matter, a criminal appeal, and two insurance-related cases. The consumer class action is Baskin v. P.C. Richard & Son, ...
Friedman v. Martinez, 242 N.J. 450 (2020). The Torts class in the first year of law school deals with, among other things, the tort of intrusion upon seclusion. It is one of several branches of the right to privacy. As ...
Due to a personal matter, there have been no posts on this blog since June 2. This post will summarize some of the decisions from our appellate courts since that date. Separately, Governor Murphy nominated Fabiana Pierre-Louis to fill the ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in five new cases. Two of them involve published opinions of the Appellate Division. Delanoy v. Township of Ocean resulted in an Appellate Division opinion that was reported at 462 N.J. ...
Bacon v. Avis Budget Group, Inc., 959 F.3d 590 (3d Cir. 2020). Plaintiffs rented vehicles from defendant Payless Car Rental, Inc., a subsidiary of defendant Avis Budget Group, Inc. (together, “Payless”), in the United States and in Costa Rica. In ...
Shipyard Associates, L.P. v. City of Hoboken, 242 N.J. 23 (2020). [Disclosure: My firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, represents the City of Hoboken and certain of its agencies and officials. We did not do so in this case, and do ...
The appellate courts have not been idle since the most recent post on this blog. Opinions have been issued, the Supreme Court has taken up more cases for review, and the Appellate Division has entered an Order about scheduling in ...
Chartis Property Casualty Co. v. Inganamort, 953 F.3d 231 (3d Cir. 2020). Yesterday, the Third Circuit issued its first published opinion in nearly two weeks. The ruling, authored by Judge Jordan, involved the question of whether defendants were entitled to ...
Kornbleuth v. Westover, 241 N.J. 289 (2020). The Supreme Court of the United States frequently seems to split 5-4. It is relatively rare for the Supreme court of New Jersey to split 4-3. Yesterday, in a case involving the unauthorized ...